Saturday, July 19, 2014

DBRP_Jul20_2014 Jonah3-4 Ps137 John17b


Running from God didn’t work. Jonah grudgingly obeyed and proclaimed God's message in Nineveh. In the final two chapters God shows Jonah how inconsistent he has been in his thoughts. God's message gives us a powerful testimony of how God feels about the ethnic groups who do not know him and (literally) “can't tell their left hand from their right.” Jonah forgets to mention if he ever repented.

 

As a musician, I can imagine what the musician who wrote this felt. The imprecation at the end should be taken in view of God’s justice. Compare the thought here with Rev. 6:9 and following (the cry of the saints under the altar), and also the ending chapters of Revelation that portray the vengeful judgment against ‘Babylon’— which in that book is used as a figurative name.

 

Jesus shows us his heart's deepest desires in this prayer in John 17. He still prays for us like this today.


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